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There are a few closed story circles to come soon, more info will be shared here.
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Closed Story Circle #6 - Eindhoven, The Netherlands
17th of February 2020 for the feminist association for master students in Eindhoven Design Academy.
Closed story circle for women and female identifying people.
We were discussing how many finger we use when we masturbate.
Is this indecent? (Ice. Er þetta dónalegt?) / Radio theatre, Iceland
Rás 1, RÚV / Channel 1, The National Radio broadcast station
Premiered in January/February 2020
IS THIS INDECENT? is a documentary radio theatre on the romance and sex life of the oldest generation in Iceland. The work is based on Iris’s research on women’s masturbation.
Closed Story Circle #5 - Oslo, Norway
16th of November 2019 @17.00-18.00ish
Closed story circle for women and female identifying people. This circle is a part of the NYT festival in Oslo.
For further information send to whenimasturbate@gmail.com
When I Masturbate - seminar
Litteraturhuset i Oslo, Wergelandsveien 29
16th of November 2019 @14.00-14.40
As part of the NYT Festival in Oslo Iris will have a seminar about her project When I Masturbate. She will share with the audience her insights to the world of female masturbation and her method of collecting and sharing stories as well as play a masturbation song that was made for her show When I Masturbate, the story circles.
Iris talking about the project and with her on stage is Sigríður Eir (Sigga) from “A band called Eva”. Sigga played the masturbation song at the seminar.
When I Masturbate - seminar
University of Iceland, Sæmundargata 2 Reykjavík
11th of November 2019 @11.45-12.25
Iris will have a seminar about her project When I Masturbate for students in creative writing at The University of Iceland. She will share with the students her insights to the world of female masturbation and her method of collecting and sharing stories.
The seminar is closed and only for students in creative writing at the University.
Closed Story Circle #4 - Oslo, Norway
3rd of November 2019 @17.00-18.00ish
Closed story circle for women and female identifying people. Invites only.
For further information send to whenimasturbate@gmail.com
Occupied this lovely sofa during the first closed story circle held outside Iceland.
Sequences / off venue program, Reykjavik
FLÆÐI art venue, Grettisgata 3, 101 Reykjavik
18th of October 2019 @17.00-20.00
WHEN WE MASTURBATE is a performance where Iris invites people to talk about their own masturbation. All genders are welcome to come and listen to the stories being shared.
Guests, as well as members of the circle, are free to come and go as they please during the three hours of the performance.
A lovely crowd at the When We Masturbate performance. It lasted for 3 hours and people could come and go and talk about masturbation together.
Queer Ladies Night
Miami Bar, Reykjavik
16th of October 2019
Reading from the book “When I Masturbate” and songs by A Band Called Eva.
The ladies night was a Halloween themed one and as you can see, Iris has been shot in the head.
A! Performance Festival / Performing Arts festival in Akureyri:
Closed story circle #3 - Akureyri, Iceland
12th of October 2019 @17.00 (closed)
Closed story circle #3 for women and female identifying people only.
Open story circle
12th of October 2019 @21.30 (open)
Open masturbation story circle for the public.
Open and closed story circles were held in a beautiful old theatre in Akureyri. One of the male guests commented “I’ve heard about penis envy but after this show I must say, I have a case of vulva envy.” Mission accomplished :)
LÓKAL / Performing Arts festival in Reykjavik
Tjarnarbíó
21st of September 2019 @20.00
Work in progress THE SEWING CLUB is a documentary radio theatre on the romance and sex life of the oldest generation in Iceland. The work is based on Iris’s research on women’s masturbation. She opens her research process and invites us to witness a women’s club meeting.
The event was recorded for the national broadcast station in Iceland to l be part of Iris’s “Sewing Club” documentary radio theatre play.
Celestial Bodies / Performing Arts festival in Reykjavik
Iceland University of the Arts
19th-23rd of August 2019
Open story circles.
The first open story circle where held in August 2019 and were part of Iris’s graduation project from the MFA in Performing Arts at the Iceland University of the Arts.
Closed Story Circle #2 - Reykjavík, Iceland
19th of August 2019 @17.00-18.00
Closed story circle for women and female identifying people only, at IUA (Iceland University of the Arts) in Reykjavik, Room - Kubburinn.
For further information send to whenimasturbate@gmail.com
The room ready for a closed story circle. This is also where the first open story circles were held.
Closed Story Circle #1 - Reykjavík, Iceland
6th of August 2019
Closed story circle for women and female identifying people only, in Reykjavik.
The story circle lasted for 6 hours!
The first closed story circle. The beginning of a movement. A revolution. The Pleasure Revolution.
Queer Ladies Night
Miami Bar, Reykjavik
12th of June 2019
Reading from the book “When I Masturbate”.
Reading at the Queer Ladies night in Iceland.
Vulva Days held by The Feminist Association of The University of Iceland
The Student Cellar at The University of Iceland
26th of March 2019
Reading from the book “When I Masturbate”.
Reading to a full room of enthusiastic feminists.
The “When I Masturbate” Publication Party
Gallery Port, Reykjavik
24th of November 2018
Exhibition, signing and reading from the book “When I Masturbate - thirty something masturbation stories from women”.
Happy book owners at the publication exhibition.